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Chinese firm claims smartphone can charge in 9 minutes

Chinese smartphone upstart Realme has looked to push into international markets with its flagship phones. But it is playing in the mid-priced segment of the market where it faces intense competition from rivals like Xiaomi. Realme BARCELONA, Spain — Chinese smartphone maker Realme wants stand out in a crowded space …

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Bankruptcy won’t erase all debt. These obligations can’t be discharged

Sneksy | E+ | Getty Images For some individuals, the solution for eliminating crushing debt is to file for bankruptcy. While the catalyst for going that route differs from person to person, it’s worth knowing which obligations can and cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. For instance, just last week, the …

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Microsoft Windows 11 update adds Bing AI chatbot button

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event on the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington, on Feb. 7, 2023. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said Tuesday that it will start promoting its new Bing chatbot, which draws on startup OpenAI’s artificial intelligence capabilities, in an update to …

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SpaceX begins launching V2 Mini Starlink satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission from Florida on Feb. 27, 2023. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the first batch of its next-generation Starlink internet satellites as the company upgrades and further builds out its orbiting network. A Falcon 9 rocket carried 21 of the satellites, known …

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Goldman CEO David Solomon says asset management is the new growth engine

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Tuesday that asset management and wealth management would be the growth engine for the bank after his efforts in consumer finance went awry. “The real story of opportunity for growth for us in the coming years is around asset management and wealth management,” Solomon …

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Samsung says S23 sales ahead of S22; most people buying S23 Ultra

Samsung said that 60% of the pre-orders for the Galaxy S23 smartphone series were for the S23 Ultra, the most expensive device in the lineup. Samsung is looking for double digit growth for its premium, higher priced smartphones in 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images BARCELONA, Spain …

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Bakhmut sitution getting worse, Ukraine says, as Russia claims control

Ukrainians watching a movie on TV at a humanitarian aid center in Bakhmut on Feb. 27, 2023 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Dimitar Dilkoff | Afp | Getty Images Officials in Kyiv conceded that the situation is rapidly deteriorating around Bakhmut, a besieged mining city in Donetsk in eastern …

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Top EU official says there’s no ‘battle’ over network funding

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton delivers a speech during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Josep Lago | Afp | Getty Images BARCELONA — A top European Union official insisted Monday that the debate around tech giants paying for their usage of telecom networks …

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Risk of a ‘political impasse’ in Northern Ireland remains, as DUP pores over detail

WINDSOR, U.K., Feb. 27, 2023: Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced a landmark post-Brexit trading arrangement seeking to rectify problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol. Dan Kitwood/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — The new Brexit deal signed by the U.K. and …

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Target (TGT) earnings Q4 2022

A Target department store on June 07, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Target announced that it expects profits will take a short-term hit, as it marks down unwanted items, cancels orders and takes aggressive steps to get rid of extra inventory. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Target on Tuesday will report …

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